Belt-fastener



(No Model.) G. W. SOUTHWIGK.

BELT FASTENER.

' No, 305,541. Patented Sept. 23, 1884..

y INVENTOR:

I WITNESSES BY {a ATTORNEYS.

" NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE \V. SOUTHVVIGK, OF SOUTHWVICK, MASSACHUSETTS.

BELT-FASTENER.

, EB ECIPI CATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 305,541, datedSeptember 23, 1884:.

Application filed January 1'7, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SOUTH- WIoK, of Southwick, in the countyof Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and ImprovedBelt-Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a "new and improved fastenerfor holding to.-

the belt.

gether the ends of belts, which fastener is so constructed that it canbe reenforced by a like fastener in case the prongs begin to rip Theinvention consists in the construction and arrangement of parts, as willbe hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my 1111- proved belt-fastener. Fig. 2is a plan view of the under side of the same. gitudinal sectionalelevation of a modified construction of the hinge-loop, showing it open.Fig. i is a like view of the same, showing it closed.

The belt-fastener plate A is provided with a series of clinchableprongs, B, proj ect-ing from the under side of said plate,which prongsare preferably arranged in four rows, two at each edge, but they can bearranged in any other suitable manner.

On each end of the plate A a series of hingeloops, 0, project, whichhave the same widthas the recesses D between them. The number of loops 0can be increased or decreased according to the size of the plate. Theloops 0 can be cast as shown in Fig. 1, or they can be formed as-hooksE, as shown in Fig. 3, which Fig. 3 is a lonhooks are then bent down orclosed, as shown in Fig. 4. The plate A is placed on the meeting endparts of the belt, and the prongs B are forced through the belt and thenclinched. If the belt begins to rip and tear, an additional plate, A, isfastened on the belt, and theloops O of one plate are passed into recessD of the other, and a pin is passed through the apertures of the severalhinge-loops, thereby forming a hinge. The strain in the belt will thusbe distributed over the two plates, and a further ripping and tearing ofthe belt is prevented. If desired, an additional plate, A, can be heldon each end of the plate A. As the several plates are hingedtogether,they do not prevent the belt from fitting snugly against thepulleys, and the strain is distributed Well over the plates in allpositions of the same.

In place of passing the pin through the hinge-loops, it can be placed inthe hooks E, and the ends of the hooks then bent down over the pin toclose the loops.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. Asan improved article of manufacture, abelt-fastener consisting of a rigid plate provided on both edges withprongs and with eyes, the longitudinal axes of which are parallelwith-the edges from whichthe prongs project, substantially as hereinshown and described.

2. In a belt-fastener, the plate A, provided with hinge-loops O onopposite edges, and two rows of prongs, B, parallel with the edges, 7

